Es'hail-2 is a geostationary satellite at 26 degrees East that has a transponder for the almost worldwide communication of radio amateurs.
He was funded by Qatar.
On the frequency 10492, Symbol Rate 2000, Fec 2/3, Modulation QPSK, Horizontal (18V), LNB Low, a continuous loop (beacon) is operated to find this transponder.
It is a converted PLL LNB necessary to receive this. In the LNB (not all are to be used) the quartz is changed from 25MHz to 24MHZ. This shifts the LO to 9360MHz.
In the tuner configuration of the SF8008 (Octagon) this value has to be entered.
On the website HTTPS://eshail.bat.org.uk/wb/ the activity on the transponder is displayed as a spectrum. Without this spectrum, it is not possible to determine when a radio amateur is transmitting.
The Octagon SF8008 is capable of receiving and decoding low symbol rates. Proved to receive the following symbol rates: 00250, 00333, 00500 and above.
A bowl of 1.2m is required to reach the necessary field strengths.